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Month: February 2016

When I started up my own business I was wondering how I would approach customers. I didn’t know if there would be anything that would help me get customers excited about the products that I had to offer. I was in graduate school at the time, and a female friend in my marketing class told me about Talk Fusion. I had never heard of this, but I figured that I could give it a try. I had nothing to lose.

Upon checking out the website I found that I was able to start using something call video email. I thought that this would be perfect for my newsletter. I was trying to reach customers with mass email marketing, and I knew that it had to be something special. People will open up email and delete if right away if it doesn’t look interesting. Some people don’t even waste time opening the email.

I knew that I could create something that was new and exciting with Talk Fusion.
I purchased the software application for this and my friend and I got to work on a newsletter. She recorded me as a talked about the product I was marketing. I thought that I would need her help setting up the newsletter because I am not very tech savvy. I was surprised to discover that it didn’t take a lot of technological know how to get my video email newsletter together. When I was finished with it I let my friend view it and she said that it was amazing. She knew about Talk Fusion from software applications like the video conferencing, but she had never seen the video email newsletter. She was highly impressed with this.

I was ready to start my marketing campaign with this new and improved newsletter. I believe that anyone that is trying to start a business will need to consider the benefits that come with Talk Fusion. This is a company that managed to build a great crowd. I love what the company has done, and I am considering even more of the software for my business.

The World Health Organization (WHO) says, since 1952, the Zika virus has been identified in humans, and the best way to stop transmission of the virus is by not getting bit by mosquitoes. Doesn’t exactly sound reassuring, and according to Dr. Sergio Cortes, one of the primary dangers of the disease is contracting Guillain-Barre syndrome.Dr. Cortes offers a run-down of the disease on his blog and explains the danger of Guillain-Barré’s neurological complications. An autoimmune disease, Guillain-Barré can occur at any age, but is most common in people between 30 and 50 years of age. It usually follows a minor infection, but can result in nerve damage, causing tingling, muscle weakness and even paralysis. While there is no cure for Guillain-Barré syndrome, there are various treatments available to help diminish the severity of symptoms, and speed recovery.

Although most news reports describe the Zika virus in a haphazard manner, Dr. Cortes provides more methodical input on his official blog.

Zika Becoming A More Vexing Problem

First spotted in 1947 in Uganda, deep in the forest of Zika, the virus transmits by Aedes mosquitoes, sometimes called tiger mosquitoes: the same species that transmits three other tropical infections, Dengue, Yellow Fever and Chikungunya. Dr. Sergio Cortes says even more alarming, healthy mosquitoes undertake the virus by biting a zika-infected person, and go on to then infect healthy people.

Previously reported as a benign problem, Zika is now suspected to have caused an epidemic of birth defects in the French Polynesia in 2007 and 2013. By year-end 2013, approximately 55,000 people had been infected.

Pregnant Women Are Most Vulnerable

Pregnant women should be especially vigilant, and Dr. Sergio Cortes strongly recommends that pregnant women defer potential travel to affected countries. Symptoms have largely gone unnoticed in the vast majority of cases. Mild fever, headache, and body aches typically occur within 7 days of a mosquito bite, and typically manifest into rashes, conjunctivitis, swelling of the hands or feet, and muscle and joint pain.

Currently, there is no specific cure or vaccine for the virus. Just common drugs to help with pain and fever. Dr. Cortes points out that while you should not panic, everyone should protect themselves. Repellents, long-sleeved clothing, mosquito nets, and insect screens are just a few precautions to employ.

The sinking Yuan did not help the current concerns on the strength of the Chinese economy. The economy is shifting to consumption and services from its forte in manufacturing and investments. The global currency, stock markets as well as commodity markets had a dismal performance in the first week of the year. Close to $2.5 trillion was eroded from the value of global equities as losses extended in Asia with Chinese equities plunging further. According to Soros, China is facing a crisis that is arising from its adjustment problems.
Weaknesses remain in the second leading economy of the world despite of the authorities flooding the economy with billions of dollars. The People’s Bank of China has slashed interest rates but it has not achieved much from this monetary policy. However, China’s Communist Party has promised to raise the convertibility of the Yuan and continuously remove capital controls by 2020. The move comes as the major measures of volatility across the world surged.
From 1969 to 2011, George Soros’ hedge fund gained a yearly average of 20%. Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimates Soros’ net worth to be $27.3 billion. Soros established his investment career in the 50s in New York City. Over the years, he has earned a reputation due to his investment exploits. This information was reported on Bloomberg as explained in the link below http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-07/global-markets-at-the-beginning-of-a-crisis-george-soros-says
Soros’ two foundations; Open Society Institute and Open Society Foundation, were banned in Russia after the authorities claimed that the two were a threat to Russian security and the constitution. In a statement, the Office of Russia’s General Prosecutor said the two branches of Soros’ foundation would be put on a stop list. The list comprises of foreign non-governmental organizations whose initiatives are viewed as undesirable by Russia. The two organizations that were founded by billionaire Soros are pro-democracy charities. This information was mentioned on CNBC as highlighted in the following link http://www.cnbc.com/2015/11/30/russia-bans-george-soros-charity-as-security-threat.html
Soros established the Open Society Foundation in 1979 after his success in the investment world. According to him, the foundation is based on the realization that the world is naturally imperfect and improvement has to be made on what is imperfect. Open Society foundation aims to change authoritarian forms of government to open societies. Soros began his philanthropic activities by providing scholarships to black students in South Africa with the view of helping them pursue education at the University of Cape Town. This information was reported on georgesoros.com as elucidated in the link below http://www.georgesoros.com/philanthropy/

After torrential downpours and flooding in the Xerém, Duque de Caxias, Brazil region the Brazilian Health Ministry has sent State Sec. of Health Dr. Sergio Cortes. Dr. Sergio Cortes on a complete tour of the over flooded region. The Brazilian State Department of Health in conjunction with several dozen Epidemiological Surveillance teams have begun trading on cleaning up the contaminated waters rather than contributing to the spread of diseases like leptospirosis, hepatitis A and diarrhea. Sec. of Health Dr. Cortes also informed us on Linked In that the Aedes aegypti mosquito is the chiefly responsible for the spread of several types of viruses and diseases as well. Dr. Sergio Cortes and his teams in addition to being on the lookout for contaminated water to treat they also are working on depleting any standing waters left over after the deluge that may be contributing to the problem by creating a breeding ground for the this particular species of mosquito. Dengue fever, Yellow fever, the Chikungunya virus and the new and the particularly vicious Zika virus. As of late Dr. Sergio Cortes believes that there may actually be a link between the Zika virus and Microcephaly of very powerful neurological autoimmune disease that has caused over 4000 birth defects in Brazil since only October of last year. It seems that Brazil’s epicenter of the new breakout of the Zika virus. Dr. Sergio Cortes told us on twitter that 80% of the people show no symptoms when they have contracted the Zika virus. The other 20% of infected people usually only show very mild symptoms like fever, and some also aches. A recent article in Extra Global details some of the work that Sec. Cortes and his teams have been doing to try to combat spread of diseases in the most heavily affected and flooded region of Brazil. The State Secretary Cortes and his teams have managed to open seven shelters with the premise of being able to help the local citizens by having 12 hydration stations in the capacity to serve 300 people per day. The resulting government is also so troops, National Guard and evaluation teams to help disperse bottles of water. They also working together to decontaminate freestanding waters found in the region. State Health Government agencies passed out 10,000 bottles of sodium hypochlorite it announced residence in team members alike to use them to help disinfect contaminated waters in the city. The Brazilian State Department of Health under the direction of Dr. Sergio Cortes also handed out over 3000 antibiotics outlets in the already gathering samples to the help combat these diseases.